Mar 07

Space Rocket History #459 – Apollo-Soyuz Test Project – I Want my Apollo/Soyuz TV

Television coverage involved meticulous planning of specific television transmissions, detailed preparation for an onboard press conference, and careful scheduling of symbolic activities designed to engage and inform the public.

Fin Repair of the Saturn IB

ASTP – Apollo Rollout

ASTP – Apollo Rollout

Jun 28

Space Rocket History #417 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Maximum Effort, Determination, Efficiency, and Accomplishment

Finally, the crew became efficient enough to get all of the work done that was scheduled for a given day. But, that did not make up for the time lost at the beginning of the mission.  Reaching 100 percent efficiency was not enough for Bean.

Bean Reading in His Bed on the Wall

Al Bean Reading in His Bed on the Wall

Garriott at the ATM Console

Jun 14

Space Rocket History #416 – Skylab – Skylab 3 – Wives, Spiders, Minnows and a Spacewalk

“I had to connect eleven five-foot sections of aluminum poles, twice, forming two long poles. These were then extended to Jack some forty or fifty feet away, where the poles were mounted in a ‘V’, and a large ‘sail’ pulled across them with nylon lines.” Owen Garriott

Arabella’s First Web in Space

Lousma Begins Twin-pole Shield EVA

Twin-pole Shield Installed